A Comparative Analysis of Political & Economic Components of political Instabilities in the Islamic Republic's Six Political Life

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1 Ph.D Student of Political Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

This article attempts to compare thePolitical & Economic Components of political instability in the Islamic Republic's six political life spans from 1979 to 2013 through the seven variables of economic protests, guerrilla Wars, political division, foreign variables, coup, electoral disputes and internal riots. The first comparative finding of the paper is that among the seven variables studied, the guerrilla Wars, economic protests and coup variables had the least impact and the political divisibility variable had the most periodic effect on the occurrence of political instability. The second finding is that the first period had the highest frequency of variables causing political instability and the third period had the least frequency. The third finding of the paper is that the Components of instability have had dynamic and transient nature. As the variables of the guerrilla Wars, the political assassinations and coups that prevailed in the first period have replaced variables like electoral disputes from the fourth period onwards. And reflect the unstable nature of the components of political instability in Iran. Fourth, it shows that the component of political division, unlike other components, has always existed in all periods of political life of governments and reflects the stable nature of the components of political instability in Iran. Finally, by taking an explanatory approach, the article shows to what extent the historical aspects, nature and structure of the government and the actions of political agents have contributed to the stable & unstable nature of the components of political instability in Iran.

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International Political Economy Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2
March 2020
Pages 565-594

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  • Receive Date: 06 August 2020
  • Revise Date: 01 January 2021
  • Accept Date: 19 January 2021

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